North Frontenac Little Theatre 2024 AGM Held June 8

Jun 12, 2024

Now in its 45th year the North Frontenac Little Theatre held its Annual General Meeting in Oso Hall on Saturday June 8. After a fabulous potluck punctuated by much excited talk about past successes and potential of the future productions, followed by a review of the year’s activities by outgoing president Art Holloway, the playbill for 2024 and 2025 were announced.

A summer series of youth workshops for a day a week, going over various aspects of theatre from makeup to lights and lots in between is being planned. See their website – northfrontenaclittletheatrre.com soon more information. They hope to have the series up and running by the first week of July. Stay tuned.

The very successful Haunted House is coming back again in 2024. Time will tell how many kids have the nerve to return after last year.

The week after Halloween, NFLT fittingly presents the drama Dracula, written and directed by Jeff Siamon. Casting and auditions are to go ahead just after the summer.

After the great recent success of the musical Oliver! the general consensus of the large troupe of kids involved was “Please NFLT – Can we have some more!!” , As a result, NFLT is presenting the Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber production - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Christina Michie, with music by Adam Parker in the spring of 2025. This beloved, multi-award winning musical follows the life of Joseph and his 11 brothers from biblical Egypt and will be another big production for NFLT. They will be looking for many, including kids! for the cast and crew. Look for more info on their website.

In the fall of 2025 Adam Parker will make his directorial debut bringing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), a play written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield. Described as zany, and madcap, this fast-paced comedy touches on all of the Bard’s 37 plays in under 2 hours. Bring your running shoes!

The meeting wound up with the election of a new executive. Leaving after completing their terms are Jeff Siamon, Sandra and Brian Robertson and Karen Steele. The patrons of NFLT expressed their gratitude and the new executive is being led by President Angela Cowdy. Carol Morris moves from member at large to assume the position of Secretary. Joelle Parr joins the executive as Treasurer, while former Treasurer Jan Levitt moves to member at large. Tim White remains as a member at large while Ryan Michie and Lily Legacy join as new members at large. Art Holloway moves to the position of past president. Hope Andrew, the recipient of the first Marj Fossey memorial student bursary remains as NFLT student representative and is joined by assistant Abby Weiss elected in the new position of assistant student representative.

The Little Theatre is excited by the success of this past year, the enthusiasm in the room at the meeting and what is coming in the next 18 months!